“I didn’t like that I had money, success, and I had made it, and everybody I had ever met in my life – good people – weren’t able to experience the same,” explained Cudi about dealing with wealth and fame. “I wasn’t able to truly enjoy my success. Even though I worked hard for it, it bothered me that I had so much and my friends didn’t.”

The rapper/actor born Scott Mescudi also chatted about his drug use, his rise in the music industry, and his first meeting with his frequent collaborator Kanye West.

“Plain Pat calls me up, and he’s like, ‘Kanye wants you to come to Hawaii,” Cudi said. “I had already met him in passing, but this was like actual up close and personal.”

That studio session eventually produced “Already Home” off Jay Z’s Blueprint 3 and Kanye West’s “Welcome To Heartbreak” off 808s & Heartbreak.

The full Kid Cudi interview with OTHERtone airs July 10 on Apple Music.